Abstract
Post-transplant diabetes mellitus (PTDM) reduces allograft and recipient life span. Polygenic risk scores (PRSs) show robust association with greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes (T2D). We examined the association of PTDM with T2D PRS in liver recipients (n = 1,581) and their donors (n = 1,555), and kidney recipients (n = 2,062) and their donors (n = 533). Recipient T2D PRS was associated with pre-transplant T2D and the development of PTDM. T2D PRS in liver donors, but not in kidney donors, was an independent risk factor for PTDM development. The inclusion of a combined liver donor and recipient T2D PRS significantly improved PTDM prediction compared with a model that included only clinical characteristics: the area under the curve (AUC) was 67.6% (95% confidence interval (CI) 64.1–71.1%) for the combined T2D PRS versus 62.3% (95% CI 58.8–65.8%) for the clinical characteristics model (P = 0.0001). Liver recipients in the highest quintile of combined donor and recipient T2D PRS had the greatest risk of PTDM, with an odds ratio of 3.22 (95% CI 2.07–5.00) (P = 1.92 × 10−7) compared with those in the lowest quintile. In conclusion, T2D PRS identifies transplant candidates with high risk of PTDM for which pre-emptive diabetes management and donor selection may be warranted.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 999-1005 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Nature Medicine |
Volume | 28 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 2022 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Funding for this study was received from the Fred and Suzanne Biesecker Pediatric Liver Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (A.S.), Gift-of-Life Organ Procurement Organization (A.S.), and National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) grant no. U01AI152960-01 (A.S. and B.J.K.).
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